Answer: B, It is more mountainous to northeast.
<span>To ease trade restrictions over a 10-year-old limit
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was an agreement that began in 1994 between the North American nations of Canada, the United States and Mexico. It replaced an older agreement between the US and Canada and created a 3-way trade bloc intended to promote a mutual beneficial relationship of commerce across the continent.
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They were passing through on their way to the West Coast.
Answer and Explanation: Articles of Confederation was the very first written constitution of USA. This constitution was not seen with much validity on international stage. This constitution was fundamentally weak and no foreign power would take United States seriously. There were two reasons for this, primary reason was that during Revolutionary war United States borrowed a lot of money and was under enormous debts and was unable to pay that because no money was being generated. Other countries were unwilling to trade with USA because of the fear of losing their money and thus, USA could not generate enough money to pay debts and to regulate state affairs. Secondary reason was that USA's foreign policy was very fragile at that time, USA, a newly developed state, was not trusted by other states and no friendly ties were initiated by others instead USA was under threat of Britain's aggression. These were some of the reasons of why the foreign powers treated Articles of confederation with scorn.
